“I was assuming that if there is a retrial, the phone records would be admitted after verification.”
Oh. If there had to be another trial, no doubt that Defense would get that evidence authenticated. Ergo, why there probably won’t be another money-wasting trial IMO.
That it was excluded is a major reason for mistrial (evidence inappropriately excluded).
MMA, Purple Drank, THC, his texts, etc.
The jury should know if Trayvon was in fact as troublesome as GZ thought he might be.
It is completely relevant.
If he is a choirboy...no problem. If he is a thug (which he was)...the jury should know.